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Delete bypassing trash ?
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Is it possible to delete item(s) immediately, bypassing trash, as in some apps ? (Destroy)
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iMac Intel Core i5, 2.5GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB 21.5" Monitor 10.8.3.
iMac 17" 2.0ghz Intel Core 2 Duo w 3gb memory (White one) 10.6.8.
Internal 500gb / 8x external HDD's 250GB - 3TB (4x Time Machine)
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Probably not what you were looking for, but in any shell you can navigate to a file and then just do a
rm-rf filename
to immediately delete a file or folder (that's what the -r flag is for).
If you want to secure delete you have the option in Finder > Secure Empty Trash, but naturally that requires you to put stuff in Trash first.
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If you use Pathfinder there is a contextual item 'Secure Delete'. It gives you the option of how many passes to run (including zero; a normal delete) and those bypass the trash.
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You can very easily create a Finder Automator action to do this, but I highly recommend you don't as you will inevitably end up deleting the wrong thing by mistake at some point.
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Originally Posted by Aegis
If you use Pathfinder there is a contextual item 'Secure Delete'. It gives you the option of how many passes to run (including zero; a normal delete) and those bypass the trash.
Not that this is related to the original poster's question, but it is easy enough to perform a secure delete in the Finder. Open the Finder preferences and under the Advanced tab select Empty Trash securely:
To perform a secure delete if the Trash has any content, press command-shift-delete when you are in the Finder.
Also, when you open the Trash window with that setting selected, you get an Empty Securely button in the window:
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have a look at this - might be an alternative.
shredder
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